America's Legendary Marine Sniper - Carlos "White Feather" Hathcock
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Make a video on Léo Major I beg of you
You are an inspiration to all historical nerds, thank you for all you do!
I love your videos and history keep it up!
@@Sgt_Long_Dongagreed
im begging you please make a long form video on Leo Major or Audie murphy.
When the trees speak Vietnamese. Everyone panics.
When the bushes reply in Appalachian. It’s about to go down.
and when the snow speaks Finnish, the Russians panics
Did NOT expect any one of the NAFO roundtable here😂
DAMN those were very well done gonna have to steal at least one of those sayings
@@AnimarchyHistory Funny but I'll be a stickler and point out that Hathcock wasn't from Appalachia. He was from Arkansas.
*When the bushes reply in Ozark
Hard to find a better match than guns, high-speed cameras, and cornfields! Was a great time working with you!
Thank you for playing in!
i jus watched that Pewview episode. Yall did some amazing work. Very exciting to watch. Carlos is a BEAST!!!
We don't want to capture this in regular speed, but in Ballistic High Speed
Can u make a vid on a female sniper? I've watched a bunch of ur vids and can't find any women, also love ur vids
Love your work guys, you and this crew all work really well together!
"The most deadly thing on the battlefield is one well-aimed shot"
-Sgt. Carlos Hathcock.
that is probably one of the sickest quotes i ever heard
Carlos was a bad ass! The gear he had was primitive compared to his peers! Simo Hayha was another bad ass!
"Deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle" Gen John Pershing before Hathcock
Isn't that kind of an oxymoron? If you take out a leader, that typically makes the force under them weaker and less likely to engage (unless they're American, in which case, they'll go on the attack). So, it would actually be the least deadly thing; trading one life for the many that could have been lost in a direct engagement. Ask Hiroshima or Nagasaki what they think the most deadly thing on a battlefield is. Lol
@@ryanm7832 Depends when you are going by the quote, at the time of Hathcock sure. At the time of Gen Pershing arguable during WW1
I love how you mentioned the Seabees. "They can build anything out of nothing." I'm a 21-year Seabee vet. CAN DO!
Im with the Corps of Engineers. Big respect to my navy buddies. Essayons!
dude he made an two entire videos on the seabees. I highly suggest you check em out. also thank you for your service
Thank u guys sincerely from a fellow American I deeply appreciate you guys for ur service.
My favorite quote from Carlos was about the General. Something like "I figured it was him because he kept pointing at stuff. Officers like to point at things."
And telling “jethro and snot rag” what to do 😆
Carlos wasn't wrong....still that way.
Facts
Damn dont point at shit in war huh fucking snipers find you more valuable wtf 😂
Its also the last thing they point at. Outside of the USA
The difference between a boy and man is when he makes another person's well-being his responsibility. Damn dude, that's Greek Philosophy deep.
Yep.
Boys do what they want too.
Men do what they have too.
Boy, do you need to bone up on your reading because that is nowhere in Greek philosophy, and it's not a philosophy at all. In fact, it's not even a truism. Children are perfectly capable of putting another creature's well-being above themselves. In fact, it might be the singular defining feature of a child.
Ha-ha, it probably is just an aspect of a well-adjusted child.
It's an adaptation of Heinlein if I'm any judge.
John 15:13
"Greater love hath no man than this,that a man lay down his life for his friends"
@@jimmyjames2621 at no point in the comment did I claim it was Greek Philosophy, just on the level of. I know he wasn't a student of Socrates or Aristotle. You need to brush up on your understanding of metaphors, similes and exaggeration.
The Fat Electrician is a modern day bard, passing down the stories and legends of our heroes through oral tradition. Bless this man
BRO my wife said this exact thing!
My dad was a SeeBee on Hill 55. He knew Carlos and had a hand in the Ma Duce mount. Dad died 2 1/2 years ago. Kidney cancer that was likely caused by Agent Orange exposure. This video was absolutely great. I have the book "Marine Sniper 93 Confirmed Kills".
You’re my favorite educator, no teacher I ever had in school has made me as excited to learn as your videos do.
As a teacher I approve this message
Cause a teacher is rarely funny and won’t curse out some of the material or in fun video form. However I do back your comment hahah
I think it's the swearing
It is the realism of this legend
I just wish you would educate us on how to do our taxes.
"The Seabees can build just about anything with virtually nothing." Yup my dad is a retired Seabee and the amount of shit we've built out of scrap borderline garbage is ridiculous.
One of my best friends in college had an aunt who was a Seabee. That is actually what everybody called her. To us she was Aunt Seabee. One of the most funny persons I’ve ever met and damn intelligent. Years later I realized that ran with a pretty good crowd of guys back then.
My first journeyman was a retired Seabee. That dude was a McGuyver electrician.
My grandaddy was a Seabee on Okinawa.
My friend George Pope was in the very first Seabee navy class WW2. He got a seebee tattoo in his 80’s on a Tiger cruise in Hawaii. RIP sir. We salute you. He told us some great stories. Good.
My mom was a Seabee (Manned the .50 on her humvee during patrols, Bosnia, early 90's). This is so true it hurts. Our backyard is a field of projects and small buildings now. We've got two sheds, a pond, a massive fucking firepit, fences, picnic tables. All of it hand made. Uncle Sam denied her disability until about 6 years ago, but when that backpay came...
"If you ain't cheatin, you ain't tryin" is my 2nd fav quote right behind "If you're lookin for a fair fight, your tactics suck".
A fair fight is a fucked fight. Cheating in a fight is treating it like a fight.
and he left off, "... and if you get caught, you aren't trying hard enough."
I actually heard this same quote for college football years ago, he said that every college football program is cheating they just don't get caught, and if you're not cheating you're not trying to win.
Dad was fond of "If you think you can win a fair fight, don't fight fair"
"If you ain't cheatin, you ain't racin"- Richard Petty
One of my great regrets; stationed in camp Schwab, Okinawa, 88-90. Had read the mentioned book, and just revered Carlos. Walked by the command building, one day, and out front was a little sign that said, something to the effect of, "Carlos Hathcock here tonight, presentation and meet and greet; 7pm". And the date, which was the night before.
They never told us about it. I wouldn't have known if I hadn't seen the sign.
God bless you, sir. I wish I had met you.
Dude went from under 5 minute shorts to hour plus long documentaries.
I hate that its so long between posts but man they're always worth it.
I often thought he should go back and revisit these short-form topics now that he's hit his stride.
@@mcoffroadinaz4075 hard agree
@@mcoffroadinaz4075very much so, I found him on his infantry video and been here since. I'd love to see those old ones come back as more in depth videos. Thankful TikTok went full mouth breather and pushed him to youtube
"I hate that its so long between posts"
he posted 2 hour long documentaries only 2 weeks apart
@@Slipknot5301you forget people have nothing better to do other than be stimulated by content
The M2 browning. Anti Infantry, anti aircraft anti vehicle and now, with the help of a humble scope, a marksman’s rifle!
John Moses Browning you absolute legend
we used WW2 M2 out of B-17s in OIF/OEF with thermal magnified scopes. Not to mention M2 mounted in CROW turrets.
The legend even made a proper trigger selector with three positions on the BAR, safe, full auto, and litteraly more full auto.
Basically a Barrett.50 call before the Barrett.50 cal
M2 is now basically anti-everything
Also reliable. They found a M2 in active inventory that by the serial number was one of the original ones made like a century ago. Sure, it's a bit of a ship of theseus, but it's still fascinating but if history
"We allow people who don't have to do the job have an opinion on how the job needs to be done." Holy shit! That encompasses so many problems in so many business sectors!
Pretty much EVERY problem in the private sector!
The best higher-ups I ever had to work WITH, not FOR, believed me when I said: "Fuck off, I got this".
You know you've got a good supervisor when they just walk away after you ask them, "do you want this done right or right now?".
@@SquishyMan9919 I used to work as a maintenance tech at food manufacturing company. When equipment went down, I would give the Production Manager those options.
I ask "Do you need me to make it work or do you want me to fix it"
Folled by "If you don't have the time for me to fix it the first time. When will you have the time for me to come back and do it?" Similar to the above right or right now. And yes I will be strategically transporting that statement to alternate locations for use where context applies.😅😅😅
0:00 Intro
1:44 Chapter 1 HATHCOCK
8:06 Chapter 2 WHAT IS A SNIPER?
16:37 Chapter 3 WHITE FEATHER
26:07 Chapter 4 ELEPHANT VALLEY
33:29 Chapter 5 COBRA
41:06 Chapter 6 I CAN PROVE IT
45:04 Chapter 7 MA RECORD
49:42 Chapter 8 APACHE
56:17 Chapter 9 THE FRENCHMAN
1:03:08 Chapter 10 THE GENERAL
1:11:39 DISCLAIMER
1:12:57 end of sidetrack
1:18:17 final clip
I was a pfc in the Marines when he died. Being an Arkansas boy it hit me hard, it hit us all hard. Ive heard people question his feats of courage and skill.. but as a Marine there are some fundamental truths. A long arm needs a bayonet, the Marine Corps Birthday is the best holiday, and Carlos Hathcock made every shot he said he did.
When someone is demonstrably that good they don't have to make it up. In fact, it's an insult to their own skill to make it up. I believe he made every shot he claimed and I'm neither a Marine nor solid on his full history. I DO believe it though because I understand the type of man he is said to be.
And for this channel to prove that Hathcoc made that shot through the scope, is huge beyond words
Semper Fi
Carlos Hathcock was too honorable a man to lie about his accomplishments , I believe every kill that he claimed .
Yea every Hollywood movie about a sniper is obligated to show the mc taking down another sniper through the scope because of the great white feather. When I first read the book about him, I was thinking to myself that had to be a lie he leaned into just to instill fear in the enemy, but then I realized he didn't have a reason to lie when I read some quotes from him(especially the one about the feather basically being a handicap for his enemies) and that he knew he was so good that he didn't have to lie
30 years ago I met Gunny Hathcock at a gun show in Virginia Beach. Had I not known any better I'd have thought he was just a polite, soft-spoken man and not one of the world's legendary badasses. It was a privilege and of course, I got his autograph and bought a bunch of his swag.
Gunny earned his place in history and it was both a pleasure and an honor to have met him.
Met him once while I was in the corp. On the east coast at a Marine advanced course.
I also met him at a gun show in VA Beach. He is an American legend.
@@BigbobVNVMC537he was prowling around RR Det Lejeune, during Spring intramurals when I had the honor.
SF Devils 🇺🇸
@@ClanMercer Actually got some instructions/training from him. Served me well
Same here. He was a nice and kind man and never hinted at his greatness. I might have been young but he always will be remembered by me as long as I live.
The fact that himself and multiple others collaborated to prove that Hathcock’s shot on Cobra was possible just goes to show how much this man cares. Great work as always Nic.
Adam Savage can suck it.
Thanks, Mr. Electrician.
Not just possible, probable. When the potential for something to happen is less likely, it's possible. That's why you hear people who are skeptical of something say "Anything is possible" or "I guess that shot could be possible". When the potential for something to happen is more likely, it's probable. People have doubted this shot for decades, and without difinitive proof the only thing anyone could ever say was that it's possible. Mythbusters fucked the dog on this shot, putting more doubt on it.
Changing that "possible" to "probable" is fucking huge.
I'd go so far as to even say CONFIRMED..@@pagefault404
@@pagefault404 I was unaware of just how badly Adam and Jamie screwed the pooch on this story. So A) I just gained even more respect for Nic, the guys at Ballistic, and all his other friends. B) I just lost a lot of respect for Mythbusters.
@@hazardousroo I think the main problem is that they were all engineers and experts in special effects but they aren't historians and certainly not firearms experts. So i cut them some slack for this one a bit it was like asking a in the reverse ask a firearms expert to build and good movie explosion and engineer it. Could they? Certainly. would be good? Debatable.
Because I was unable to serve, despite it being my dream, I live vicariously through these kinds of stories.
You very quickly became one of my all time favorite channels.
I was in the USMC stationed at Camp
Lejeune when Sgt. Hathcock passed. They played taps louder than I've ever heard it before it shut down operations for the day. He was that respected.
Did you drink the water while you were there? Lmao sorry, I couldn't help it. I hear that damn commercial in my head every time anyone says Camp Lejeune. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂
Thatd exactly what i was thinking about when i read this
My thoughts were of Wartime Stories' channel. Heard of some weird sh*t happening there.
Anything ever happen to you or that you heard about?
My pops met him in nam he only told three stories one about a dude getting bit in the face by a snake crawling through the mud in boot one about meeting r lee ermy and one about meeting carlos. If you pryed for anything about vietnam he would just stop talking
As an Arkansas boy, Carlos' book was almost required reading. The man is just legendary.
Growing up in Clay County, Alabama, it was required reading as well. My friends' circle had one well read copy that was passed around so many times the book itself became mythical. Everyone made notes in the margins and signed it........
Legendary 😂? That’s an average Canadians stats
@@2jzge How? Y'all can't even own guns up there....LOL....Canada is a joke.
@2jzge I searched utube for the greatest Canadian sniper of the Vietnam War. Nothing came up.
@@2jzge If you can point to me the number of Canadians that are on par with Carlos Hathcock's skills and confirmed kills, I'll believe you. It has to be a substantial number, not something like two or three.
I had the great privilege of feeding Gunny Hathcock lunch a couple times when I was GM of steakhouse in VA Beach. He was a very quiet man until he had something to say and then even the juke box stopped to hear what he had to say. Amazing man.
Lol, I too, probably ate at your steakhouse during the 80’s, as I also grew up in Aragona Village. Remember bumping into the Gunny, at several of the local gun shows.🇺🇸
@werdevo6 Texas Steakhouse on Greenwich Road across from the Holiday Inn and September's. One of the bartenders was married to a Marine Corps Colonel who was the JAG at that time. He used to bring Carlos in at lunchtime after the crowd cleared out. Hope you did come see us.
Of course now that building is gone and there is a big lake instead. Time marches on. Be well Friend.
You eat all that cheese, you won’t need that TP, you will a jackhammer
"He looked at it and said, this will make a great gift for my toddler"
You're one funny dude. Not only informative but freakin hilarious. Great channel bro. Ive been watching your videos for a couple years now and man, do they make me feel proud to be an American 🇺🇸
My head instructor at trucking school was a sniper in Desert Storm. He got into it because of Carlos Hathcock. He was the nicest, most respectful person I had ever met.
@@draegin2566 it’s easy to be nice when you can end a conversation from a different county.
They teach Head at trucking school?
@CoolBreeze1232 thought that was a lot lizard skill... who knew. Lol
@@CoolBreeze1232 It helps to pass the time on your mandated rest period.
My grandfather met Carlos at a shooting competition shortly before he died. Carlos wasn't competing he was just there. My grandfather said that Carlos was the nicest and most personable veteran he ever met, and if he had not known about his feats he would never have thought Carlos was a former marine sniper. He ended up buying a 2nd book (he already had one) just so Carlos could sign it.
He is the greatest sniper of US history, probably of all time, and yet at heart, he was just a good ole southern boy
Man, lucky you. I would give my left nut to get a few minutes of his time. A true blue combat vet of the no bull shit era. Or, less of it than now. ETC(SS/IDW) (Retired)
Bad news today...unsubscribe podcast gets flagged by yt....the man himself steps up and gives us a badass 1hr+ video of the deadliest sniper ever! Thank you man!
Fantastic story. Thank you. I just learned about Mac V Sog a few years ago. My coworker Rocky would evade my questions about Vietnam when he served. I was just curious because he told some great stories. But when I got him alone, he said “I can’t say a lot of stuff, because I wasn’t there. The stuff I was doing, we didn’t have dog tags when we did it.”
What a legend.
‘I went on every mission I could, in order to save the lives of the other guys they would have sent in my place’.
That’s a badass code to live by.
the only silver star he got was for saving his fellow marines from a burning m113
I don't know how they didn't catch him. Just follow the trenches created by him dragging his balls.
@cdpgeorge lol made me think of that line in outlaw josey Wales. Not a hard man to track leaves dead men wherever he goes. Lol
@@cdpgeorge now see, there's the fundamental flaw in your logic...since he'd know he'd be leaving those tracks, he had a special sling made to keep them from dragging. 🤣
An hour and 20 minutes of the best educator in the world to talk about one of my favorite people in US history all to start my day? Hell yeah
I didn’t even see how long the video was until your comment.
Fire me up, brother!!!
Yes but Carlos is not the highest confirmed kill sniper during that time in Vietnam It's another guy by the name Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney with 107 confirm kills to Carlos Hathcock's 97 confirmed kills.
@@KILLJOY375 yup...and then take a look at their " unconfirmed " kills and see who wins in totals. LOL Even Chris Kyle (RIP), in an era where the restrictions of " confirmed " was relaxed from that stupid levels of Vietnam. (only needed a spotter to confirm in modern times) doesn't even break 50 unconfirmed, If I remember right. Where Gunny Hathcock's unconfirmed is 300+ yep, even they don't know how many he put in the ground...
Whenever your kids get older, I hope they appreciate just how good you are at retelling history. Hats off to you, man.
Agreed
Homeschool US History teachers be like:
Thank you so much brother. As I was in high school, I read both of Hathcock’s books and it inspired me to become a Marine. I cherished both Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock books. My dad was drafted into the army in Vietnam so from both of their experiences it influenced my decision to join the United States Marine Corps. I did what I was supposed to do in the most austere conditions because I had great men that came before me.
The fact that your improv test of that shot is more well put together than a test by a multi million dollar production network is something that is understated. You ended the doubt about that man's legacy and legend. Just imagine the citations in future history books when that story says confirmed by the fat electrician. You kick ass dude. Thank you
"Who confirmed that shot? The Discovery Channel? Mythbusters? Vsauce? Who???"
"um"
@Chasta1n42 what I'm saying is that the test conducted by Mythbusters and discovery was less well conducted than one by a group of youtubers who are passionate about history
@@JonDalton47 Yes he knows what you're saying. He was making a joke about having to citation the fat electrician.
The Mythbusters tested the shot over a decade ago and showed it was plausible.
@@Crowvithian I get it now. And now I feel very dumb. Thanks for letting me know
As a professional shooter/instructor who's done a fair bit of competitive shooting, though admittedly no where near the same class as him, I've known, read and studied Carlos Hathcock for a long time. I can really appreciate the skills he had above and beyond just putting lead on target. What gets me the most is how Hollyweird has taken everything he'd done and apply it to every sniper related movie made. Every one seems to have the bad guy getting shot through his scope or having the hero sniper crawling for days through a grassy field nearly getting stepped on by roving patrols. These things are not done by all snipers. These are exceptions, not the rule. Carlos Hathcock was an exceptional man and the only man ever to have pulled off the things he'd done, and he did so based on his knowledge of the woods, tactics, his ability to adapt to the situation and mostly his ability to get in the head of the enemy and plan several steps ahead, something that Hollyweird never shows.
Ive noticed the unholywood thing too. Why not make a white feather movie
?????
Well said. Idk why no one has made a movie about him or the many other heros we hear of from this awesome channel
@@arapahoetactical7749 he was able to pull it off also to his shear will power. Getting attacked by fire ants and laying out there for days in the burning sun and all the bugs and enemies literally right next to him. That is unbelievable. The amount of patience, perservearance, will power, courage, and the list just goes on. Not 1 in 10,000 people could have pulled that off. I want people to just imagine themselves doing what he did. It’s absolutely remarkable.
Very inspiring. His incredible skill as a sniper and his unwavering dedication to his country are a testament to his courage and determination. Learning about his life and accomplishments is a reminder of the sacrifices made by our military.
He's actually buried near me in Norfolk, VA. It's a pretty unassuming grave that those who don't know his story wouldn't think twice about if they saw it. But to those of us who know ,it's pretty cool.
Thanks for this info! I'll visit the next time I go home.
I mean, he seems like he was a pretty unassuming guy, so that fits. A lot of military legends were pretty unassuming in real life.
I came to say that. I ve seen it. You’re right, unless you know who he is, you would walk right by his stone. All live near there
Wait really?! Where in Norfolk, feel like I should show my respects next time I'm down there.
I'm sad to have it confirmed that he passed before ending the video, but part of me already knew.
I first heard of Hathcock in a Mythbusters episode when they tested out the sniper scope myth.
They confirmed that Hathcock was indeed the GOAT!
When they first aired it and said it was false I was FURIOUS. They got so much hate that they revisited it with the proper scope and validated his shot. So happy they went back and fixed it.
@@steveshopworxmachine5716One problem is the number of through the scope shots we've been treated to ever since 93 kills was published. TBH, even a near miss with that shot will probably be lethal. Or at the least, seriously mess up your day.
I agree, he is the Michael Jordan of snipers cause everybody wanna catch up to his legend
Simo Hayha, sniper during the winter war had 500 kills. He was the GOAT
@@MrBobinski1nah, those were easy kills, quality over quantity
"You give us a case of beer and something you want will appear" Sincerely - The Sea Bees
I may have missed my calling.
Something you want may also disappear.
I remember the first time I heard of Hathcock was a History Channel show, probably on snipers, that covered both his Scope Shot and the General shot. I vividly remember the General one because either one of the people on the show, or maybe from Hathcock himself in an interview I'm not sure, said "he really loved to point."
Thanks for always putting in so much effort for these videos, it's great to both learn about these legendary people or just learn more about them if I've heard of them before.
I was blessed to meet Carlos Hathcock at the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot in the early 90’s, he was a damn good man, he was in no rush he took time to speak to and talk to anyone who wanted to talk to him, that is a handshake that I will never forget !!
I also met him there, the knob creek shoot is always amazing, took my wife there not long after we started dating, kinda blew her mind the type of hardware thats out there in people's gun safes that the majority of the public aren't aware you can legally own 😂
I met him there while i was shooting. I live close to knob creek@Greg1096
I met him at knob Creek in the mid 80's. I was just a kid and my dad a a drill instructor at Ft.Knox. the two of us and the company EO and his boy went to the shoot just to meet him. Dad had ran across him once in Vietnam and recognized he was something special. He was a stand up guy but I did find it hard to believe that calm of a man could be 100% badass when he needed to be!
There's no one else that I'd willingly sit and listen to talk about one man in history for nearly an hour and a half. Your style of storytelling is masterwork.
My uncle Gary was a WW2 sniper for the British Army and until the day he died that quiet, modest man scared the living shit out of me every time he looked at me. I've never met a man who could be so still and quiet, all the while everyone knowing he was definitely not to be messed with, let alone going near his wife and family, even in his 70's. At his funeral there were a ton of medals on his coffin and two British officers who came saluted and just faded away.
If you're not cheating, you're not trying. And if you're getting caught, you're not trying hard enough
-Major Bill Barker, USMC
This crusty old dude was my high school JROTC instructor. Inspired me to be a range coach after I joined the Marine Corps
My dad passed last month. He loved your videos and all the little facts in them. He served from 79 to 94 in the 315th Infantry Regiment, going from E5 to O3 by the end of his career. Your videos are a nice comfort now, keep going.
May he rest in peace, and watch over you with pride.
may he rest in peace
may he rest in peace
Thank you for his service, and I'm sorry for your loss!..from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠
Deepest condolences from SC 🇺🇸
So as a kid growing up, I've been a fan of Carlos Hathcock. Hearing people doubt that he took the shot on Cobra always made me mad because they'd always bring up the tests with the Myth busters and that didnt help. THANK YOU SO MUCH for going out of your way to prove that shot was possible. Made my week.
Seriously
Mythbusters tested it with a modern scope and it didn't work, but when they went back and tested it with a scope from the era and it worked
Address bullet flight path vs line of sight. Bullets are not lasers. Bullets drop in flight. The Bullets angle of impact matters.
I HIGHLY doubt Cobra and Carlos were 20 yards apart. LIKE EVRY SINGLE TEST.
But this is not a criticism of the story, just every single test.
I believe Cobra was looking above Carlos and not directly at him, which allowed the bullet the correct angle.
@@jeremy4046carlos was on a hill cobra was at a treeline before an open flat area below carlos the angles line up so long as it wasnt a mile long shot 308 flys straight for nearly 450 yards thats why its used for hunting and designated marksmans rifles
Also a former marine scout sniper named Steve Reichert tested it out for one of those old military channel sniper documentaries. He did it with an ACOG (1-2 more lenses than an old 3x scope) and a .308 fmj and it worked.
Dude. Seriously, you're crushing this. Thanks to all involved in the preservation of these stories
The White Feather is an infiltration unit: part Scout Sniper, part Marine. Underneath, it's a hyperalloy combat chassis, microprocessor-controlled. Fully armored, very tough. But outside, it's living human tissue: flesh, skin, hair, blood - grown for the Marines Scout Snipers…The White Feather is out there! He can't be bargained with. He can't be reasoned with. He doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And He absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!
Notice during that time period the grim reaper was silent! Even the reaper didn't want smoke with Carlos 😂
@@johnrtrucker LOL...nope, Reaper did was Reaper does with these individuals...he waited, until he was sure. now that has some crazy parallels. 🤔
I’ve noticed something about people who are eager to cast doubt on military heroes: they’re not motivated by the love of truth. They’re motivated by bitterness and jealousy. Do anything worthy in life and the worthless will attack you for it. It’s very threatening to their egos.
Such a silly thing to say about people who want verification and don't just blindly trust everyone in a uniform.
The Marines are full of bald faced liars, it's a point of pride.
Exactly!
I joined the Marines in '94 and was stationed at Camp Margarita, which is where the Sniper school was located at that time. You couldn't go a day without hearing Hathcock's name. He's a fucking Marine Corps legend!
I grew up as a army brat in a sea of tankers. He was a legend with them too!
I was in the AirForce TACP and Hathcock was a legend at our training base. Now we just need to find a seaman and a coast guard person to tell us the same.
Chubby Electron Man is starting his own cheese cave, with a double ply TP cavern attached lol.
When Carlos talks about getting Apache it seems like he's reliving that moment he takes a pause breathing to steady the shot.
If you read the book, you'll understand why. Especially what she did to that 18 year old Marine they'd captured during the night that all the other Marines had to sit an listen too. It was personal as he said...
@@nadjasunflower1387pretty much, especially when Hathcock and the other marines could literally hear in the dark the Apache deliberately torturing her victims. She picked the wrong victim and pissed off a marine with the best marksmanship to date at that point that was now going to be wanting the Apache’s head. Bitch got what was coming.
@@nadjasunflower1387 Yeah, that was brutal. FE had to gloss over that or UA-cam would have hit him. I remember reading that in the book and all I could think was of the horrible things she deserved done to her and it still wouldn't have balanced the books.
@@Falcun21 agreed...not even by a little bit.
@@nadjasunflower1387 She got off easy.
October 2002 I attended a police sniper school taught by men who trained under Carlos. Not everyone passed the school, some got attendance certificates. Those that passed got a plaque which reads in part “In Memory of Carlos N. Hathcock II GYSGT USMC”. My plaque still hangs on my wall and to this day, I still carry the challenge coin from that school.
One of my good friends went through his police sniper school when Carlos was still teaching. He said Carlos told the class if they ever used his techniques against citizens in a manner that violated the constitution, he would come out of retirement and kill them himself.
No matter how long his mission was, how tired he was after, he would make sure his kit was ready to go for the next mission. After the school, I made sure I reset my gear each time, 12 hours in 95 degree heat or sub 30 degree weather, gear got reset. I’d always laugh at the guys that would be at their trunks, stuff flying everywhere, because they couldn’t find a piece of gear. Mine was ready every time.
If you read the book "One Shot One Kill" Carlos talks about how a Captain forced him to turn in Cobra's rifle to the armory where it promptly disappeared. An amazing read.
Might wanna check that captains wall. ;p officers suck.
@tydfil wha.... why with all nic's videos (especially reckless) would you think that?
@@tydfil That, or the captain wanted a REALLY cool suck-up gift for a full bird, or higher.
I'll bet the that captain has a nice display piece on his wall.
POS
With all of the stories about Hathcock swirling in the Corps & the other branches, that officer might've been instructed to turn the rifle in to higher, to confirm Hathcock's legitimacy and get him attached to MacV-SOG.
Brother I’ve got to tell you, as a veteran myself you make me proud with these historic people, fucking legends and I’m grateful you do it so well. Love your stuff man.
The Fat Electrician preaching about White Feather himself.
Can’t get any better.
Amen.
-Notification
-Sigh… “fine” cracks beer
-Streams to TV
I hate how accurate this is 😅😂
Literally the same. "Hathcock? Guess this is happening. Where's my IPA?"
Sigh, well clear my schedule till this is over. 😂
Lol
I ordered pizza when I got the notification
Carlos Hathcock is a shooting legend, the Fat Electrician will go down as a legendary story teller in the ranks of Paul Harvey, thanks brother
Kind of crazy to think that people in 200 years just might come back to ancient UA-cam videos and watch them like we read old history books today
My wife commented that if Fat Electrician lived a few hundred years ago he would have been a Court Bard for sure and it kinda fits.
I wasn't sure where to post this request, so I figured your most recent video would be my best option. My father worked on the f-111 for 13 years as a crew cheif. He has recently retired and found your videos to help fill the long days with no work. It would mean the world to me and him if you could do a video on that aircraft. From the stories he has told me I think it would make a great video. People either loved or hated that thing. It was the work horse in Europe during the end of the cold War. Love your videos and keep up the amazing work.
"3 Mississippi is like 3 minutes in the bedroom, it's a f*in' eternity!".....I had just taken a sip of beer and it almost ended up on my laptop. You have a way with words, my friend.
Next time, don't eat or drink while watching an FE video! You should know that by now!
The fact that you proved the famous shot was 100 possible is dedication to your drive to tell the true story of American warfighters. That was awesome!
The problem with this shot has started because of people not using period correct scopes to reenact it. I have watched it done on a sniper show on the history channel before they turned into reality tv. They use modern variable power scopes with multiple glass lenses inside of the tube. The bullet is usually broken and only goes halfway through. Then when they tried it using an ACOG which has the same amount of lenses as a russian PU scope the bullet flies right through and turns the dummies head into an empty shell. But the people will only remember it not going through the scope with 8 lenses inside of it. Its stupid and annoying especially considering the rifle that had the scope shot through resides in the USMC museum as i type this.
@@Banthisyoutube-zs6sxCobra's rifle is in the USMC museum?
@@jacksonthompson7099 i actually retract this statemen. I remember reading sonewhere it was.....this is false. If there is its a recreation. Some POG stole it
@@Banthisyoutube-zs6sx Yeah and probably never brought home and left behind in Vietnam or trashed once state side.
@@jacksonthompson7099 probablly or was used to lie about his service
My grandfather "tactically acquired" a whole slew of "items" from his time in Italy in WW2. One of them is hanging in a box on my wall right now.
You know shits getting real when whitefeather takes off his white feather.
I had a mutual friend with Hathcock, and actually met him once. For who he was and what he'd done, he was perhaps the most unassuming MARINE, I ever encountered...(in the 70's it was not an entirely 'common' trait amongst that branch ;) At the time, I was a type of leo attached to the old Forces Command HQ operating out of Bragg. The 'mutual friend' years later became the 'model' upon which was based the back woods firearms expert consulted by Wahlberg's char in his movie "Shooter". Both men had a surprising amount in common, and the ease and familiarity with which they conversed with each other was a remarkable exchange to witness, and frankly, I felt honored to have been in their presence. They were both ' truly singular' men.
FE, you have performed a great service in insuring that Hathcock is remembered. Thank you.
Indeed!
Damn that’s really cool. I liked that guy in the movie. The movie “Shooter” (as well as the Tv show) was based on _Point of Impact_ the first book in a series written by Stephen Hunter, in which the main Protagonist was a Vietnam Veteran and a Marine Sniper by the name of Bob Lee Swagger, aka Bob The Nailer. They just changed the time period it’s set in, and the war he fought in from Vietnam to Afghanistan, to modernize it, as the book was written in the early ‘90’s. The Swagger character was based primarily on Gunny Hathcock, as like Carlos, Swagger was from Arkansas, grew up hunting and shooting, and also was legendary for his exploits in Vietnam, and like Carlos, he had his spotter killed by an enemy counter-sniper there. He’s also very humble, like Hathcock, and isn’t interested in fame or money or interviews or any of that stuff. He just wants to be left alone. I read the books about Hathcock when I was a kid, _Marine Sniper_ and _Silent Warrior_ by Charles W. Henderson, so when I read the first Stephen Hunter book years ago, I immediately recognized the backstory as being heavily inspired by Hathcock. They’re all great books, and I highly recommend both the Non-Fiction books about Hathcock, and the fiction novels about Swagger. Hunter is actually an avid shooter himself, and knows what he’s talking about, and he definitely does his research for the books. So anyone who likes thrillers, shooting and sniper stuff would enjoy them.
You saw the comment and said the eords before I could. Even though he never officially said it, Hunter created Swagger almost as a "what could have been" fictional character based off of true Hathcock achievements. @@CivilizedWarrior
@@CivilizedWarriorWeren't they supposed to do a series of movies on that type of stuff, from Stephen Hunter?? I was looking forward to more stories from that type of thing.
This man should be played in every world history class. My kids and i watch him all the time. He actually grabs their attention, they barely blink.
TFE - former Infantry Marine here (also former electrician ), and I just had to say you're probably the best storyteller on YT. I'm as well versed on Hathcock's legend as anyone, but still the past hour just flew by as I was hanging on your every word.
Can you imagine this dude on the job site .....I wouldn't get anything done lol
Discovered this channel from a British reactor three days ago and I’ve already binged all of your videos over 10 mins 😂
Definitely subscribed and I cannot wait for another video.
Great work.
Fat Electrician you've been waiting for two years to tell the story of this legendary Marine sniper, by coincidence I've been waiting for two years for you to share it. Thank you so much!!
One of the nicest gentle men I've ever met. Very late 80s, not far from his birthplace in Arkansas, unsurprisingly-- at a range. Incredibly soft spoken and patient.
“Death Yoga while drinking and smoking, it’s the most Marine Corps shit I’ve been very heard of” 😂 brilliant
I save up these episodes to listen during my travel to visit my Father in assisted living 2 hours away.
Thank you for your story telling ability and uncovering so much history I had not heard about.
I had a teacher who said, “I’m not here to entertain you. You are here to learn.” Then they proceeded to bore the hell out of us with stale information they hadn’t refreshed in years.
The best classes I had. Those that kept me awake and made we want to study, read and learn the material included History and those classes taught by interesting people that reflected their love of the subject.
It has been commented before on this channel and I’ll say it again. If we had more teachers and professors like you, for all types of subjects, we’d have more engaged students.
You do excellent work. Thank you.
"unaliving people off the dollar menu" almost got me, I spit my drink I laughed so hard.
I was in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1987 and got to meet him at a police conference. He would train SWAT teams and Sniper Teams back then. He was down to earth and very knowledgeable.
The Chubby Electron man is by far my favorite history storyteller. No matter how long these videos are, I'm always invested in every second.
Invested in which way
Just bought some merch or yours. My 9 year old son loves your content. We both laugh our butts off how you present real history. You are a gift. Thank you, sir. We appreciate your service and your dedication to truth.
I audibly exclaimed with joy when you said "it's never been done... until now." I was like My boy!!
I had to pause this on the Frenchman chapter to autistically explain MACVSOG to my wife and now she is excited for a MACVSOG video.
Finally! Someone actually recreated the exact shot that Carlos Hatchock took! Thank you! It always killed me that the people that “recreated” this shot didn’t use the exact same weapons that was used! Carlos 100% took this shot.
I loved mythbusters back in the day, but they were full of crap I’ve since learned.
Nonsense. Just because it’s possible, doesn’t mean it happened. There is ZERO evidence for anything Carlos did in regards to his sniping career.
@@darklyripley6138There is zero evidence of you doing anything helpful to humanity..
@@darklyripley6138 Funny, we can and have convicted people in court on just the words of 'eyewitnesses', and Carlos Hathcock has got eyewitnesses to each of the shots that are supposedly 'impossible'. Are those words not good enough? If so there are probably a lot of people in jail right now who shouldn't be, if that's the standard we set.
Course we could also just, you know, recognize that these are guy's putting themselves through hell to protect the lives and welfare of innocent people, even their fellow soldiers, and so are more inclined to just focus on the job instead of boosting their ego. In all honesty, I'm more inclined to believe someone who was more worried about saving the lives of his fellow soldiers and the men he worked with then an anonymous armchair warlord who probably wouldn't last ten minutes in an actual firefight. And, you know, WASN'T THERE.
@@RonniePTexan Cope harder, kiddo.
I can not describe to you how happy I am that you made this video. Carlos Hathcock is one of if not the best marine I've ever heard of and is my personal favorite not for the things he's done but if the book Marine Sniper has any truth to it, for the person he is.
Carlos: In definitely the best, and have killed this many people
Command: no you havnt
Carlos: I'll fucking do it again
Cobra, Apache, The Frenchmen, The General. Man, we got the whole anime line up with this guys story.
Now there's an idea for a show!
Congratulations to you, pewview, and ballistic high speed to find and remedy the errors in previous attempts at the shot. People have been trying to “cancel” that for decades. You have protected history, a veteran’s legacy, and his honor. Congratulations to all three channels.
The way you tell these stories, you feel like you’re there listening to them. I’m glad you’ve found your success, you earned it brother.
Snipers work like Sith. Rule of two.
I also imagine the spotter after the sniper is dialed in goes " Do it. " in the Sidious voice.
This was the first Biography I ever read and this man was truly one of my greatest inspirations or role models growing up. Glad to see him getting the respect and reverance he deserves.
My copy is so dog eared and worn it's ridiculous still won't get rid of it
@@howlingbreeze7078I've read mine cover to cover 7 times and many parts of it hundreds of times now.
If you found Carlos interesting I recommend looking up Tommy Prince from Canada (he did serve in a joint Canadian / us unit in world war two and received numerous commendations from the Americans ; like dude got silver stars and presidential citations. In two wars. He got those in world war 2 and Korea ) and was the most awarded soldier in the first specia services unit in world war 2, aka the granddaddy of Canadian / us special forces units
I flew to war commercial everytime I went. I read his biography my first flight over.
The old guy neighbor who taught me reloading when I was 20 gave me a copy of Marine Sniper. He got me dialed in to .75 inches w/ 5 shots. Even helped me glass bed my Ruger 77.
Long range accuracy is still my thing 38 years later. Aim small.
One of my favorite possessions is the book Marine Sniper with a hand written dedication from Carlos Hathcock himself and a picture of him and my uncle together when my uncle attended his scout sniper school.
That's next level badassery!
Absolutely love the longer form videos. The way you tell them make it a truly meaningful way to pass time and learn some history at the same time. Keep it up bro!
I was selected to be a member of the 5-man Marine competitive shooting team for 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines in the 1989 Pacific Division Match. The top shooter Sgt. Clark in our team was a STA (Surveillance and Target Acquisition/AKA sniper) platoon member and taught me much more than we learned in the KD Basic Marksmanship Course. Already with scores of 226, 236, 232, and 242, I took the knowledge gained from Sgt Clark in that match and shot a range record 246 at KMCAS range, which I was told was tied for the 2nd highest rifle score on any USMC KD course at the time. Guess who had the highest rifle score? Carlos Hathcock. Sgt Clark, who was a distinguished shooter, was responsible for and deserves all the credit for that score, and I will always be grateful to him. To this day I still know exactly where I dropped those points. 12th shot at the 200 slow fire was a "4" at 3 O'Clock about 2" outside the black. 2nd shot at the 300 slow fire was a "4" at 12 O'Clock about 1" outside the black. Finally, my 2nd shot at the 500 was a "3" at 7 O'Clock about 1" outside the black. There was no "4" possible at the bottom of the target.
With all of that said, I know full well what is meant when you are in the bubble. No, I wasn't in STA, never took the indoc. But I learned how to get into that bubble from Sgt Clark.
Interesting tidbit, I was an 0331 (M60E3 gunner) in Hawaii too Hahaha.
You're a fuxn badass thanks for sharing that. bless you man
@@dcap09876 Thank you dcap, you are a badass too. I definitely wouldn't want you on the opposite side of the battlefield braddah!
I think Nick made one mistake in regards to the ammo Gunny Hatchcock used for the scope shot. He said that hollow point ammo wouldn’t work, but simultaneously said he was using match grade ammo. Even back then match grade 30-06 ammo was a 168gr SMK BTHP. But unlike most hollow points these are not designed with the cavity for the express purpose of expansion.
From a psychological standpoint, having a white feather in Hathcock's cap also meant he had to be even more careful and even more mindful of his surroundings, which very well may have kept him alive. There's also something to be said about believing you're the best sniper on Earth that's going to boost your confidence and abilities to preform under pressure.
I was a corpsman who served with a STA platoon briefly in the early 90's. I accompanied my battalions selection to Camp Pendleton for sniper school. I learned a great deal. Right hand salute to one of my greatest influencer! Semper Fidelis!
Semper Fi Doc
Amazing research and storytelling of the impressive and fascinating life of Carlos Hathcock. Haven't skipped one second of the video.
Loved it!
Carlos has been an inspiration to me since I was probably 13 or so. when the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall came to my hometown a few years back( which was really emotional for me to see- my dad was MACV/SOG ) I made it a point to find Carlos' partner's name on that wall and photograph it and that night, sitting with a glass of beer I told my son how he had died. There wasn't a dry eye in the room that night.
Probably 25 or so years ago, I get told this story by a vet. Get told that the movie rights were already sold, but didn’t want a movie done about him until after his death. I was a teenager at the time, and couldn’t believe the best sniper in the world was a marine from Vietnam. Seen tons of sniper movies, wondering if it was based off him. Thank you for finally telling his story, as I’ve been waiting for it for a long time!
The best US sniper*. Simo's exploits are a different kind of badassery.
@@p_serdiukI’d love to see that competition.
@@psychoticducky4617 Probably an ongoing friendly competition in Fiddler's Green.
@@psychoticducky4617 It's not even a competition since the environment and the enemy are so vastly different as to be incomparable.
My godfather worked with White feather later in his life. My godfather, also a Vietnam vet, tells a story of a new young buck coming to work and asking Carlos "what's it like to be a sniper" every single day. One day this guy asks and Carlos stands up, walks over to him, hits him in the shoulder three times and then says "NOW RUN and get out of the gate before I kill you". The guy quit, said he was scared Carlos was going to kill him. Great story.
Hard. That's frickin hard.
Lol
I found this channel by accident and it legit has become my all time favorite UA-cam channel bar none
Hathcock was the god of sniping. His story is absolutely bananas.
My grandpa was a sniper in Vietnam, I’m not sure where he was stationed but he was fairly well known, not for being a good shot but for saving a Lieutenant and his camera eating a piece of a mortar shell. He saved a lieutenant by kicking a grenade out of the lieutenant’s tent and I’m not sure about the rest of that story because the last time it was told was when I was 7. But while he was taking pictures to send back to my grandma his camera saved him by taking a piece of shrapnel from a mortar shell that landed about 100 feet from him. He rarely talked about his time in Vietnam. He went through the scout sniper school in 1969 was in Vietnam until 1971, then he got sick and didn’t return to duty until they wanted him to come back as part of a group to train more snipers. He was only there for a few years until my uncle was born and after that never went back and became a staple to my community. He’s easily one of the most well known people in my city even today.
Congratulations. It’s always cool to have a badass gramps.
I have a very simple formula:
TFE notification = I click = me learning
Good times, I also just started the book Marine Sniper, the book of this same story
Hey there, SPARKY, I love the channel! Didn't even know you were out there. Carlos Hathcock is a LEGEND. I've read his story and heard about him from my father, who was a Vietnam Vet. He knew Carlos. He was said to have an odd sense of humor. Anyway, who cares. I am also a SPARKY for 24 years. I'd love to see more about Korea. Every war has its heroes, Korea included. Keep up the good work, brother. Gid bles the IBEW.
It's kind of neat to me that Cherry Point was brought up in this video. In early 2000, when I was sent to MCAS Cherry Point as a Lance Corporal I met my NCOIC at the GSE garage. His nametape said Hathcock. It turned out to be Gunny Carlos Hathcock III, his son, and the man you see in the photo helping his dad stand to receive his Silver Star.
I had the privilege to test fire a custom .50 cal bolt rifle that was built by our gunsmith and was presented to his son during his sons retirement from the Marines. Remembering that explosive blast from the Barrett “gill brake”, with each fire, lol!🇺🇸
Hey Devil Dog. I was a gse bubba over on mcas new river.. went to cherry point for welding school.... EAS'd in Aug 2000. Semper Fi brother... Small world 😁🇺🇸😁